Churchill was not an anti-Semite

British leader did not write the alleged anti-Semitic article, nor did he publish it. Churchill Center responds

Richard M. Langworth, YNET

A lifelong supporter of Zionism and the Jewish people, Winston Churchill is now being accused of anti-Semitism on the strength of an alleged article of his, making the rounds on the internet.

Informed of a 1937 article draft in the Churchill Archives, accusers say it proves Churchill’s lifelong sympathy for the Jews was hypocrisy – that Churchill was, ipso facto, a closet anti-Semite.

The allegations began with an article in Britain’s The Independent: “Uncovered: Churchill’s Warnings About the ‘Hebrew Bloodsuckers'” on 11 March 2007.
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[See Churchill and the Jews by Martin Gilbert]

[See also the post by Sultan Knish titled Churchill’s Jewish Papers]

March 16, 2007 | Comments Off on Churchill was not an anti-Semite

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